FT Weekend, Hannah Robinson, August 2026

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Illustrator: Hannah Robinson → www.hannahrobinson.work / @robinsondraws

AD: Joanna Cochrane

The FT talks to its writers about the "summer that changed them", from romance abroad, working in the kitchen at Legoland, a near death experience on the train to solo backpacking around the Mediterranean.

  • Spot 1 (man in bus): Jay Rayner goes solo backpacking across the Mediterranean and realises he likes his own company.

  • Spot 2: Horatio Harris remembers writing to her favourite QPR football player as a girl and actually getting a reply!

  • Spot 3: Jemima Kelly recounts wanting to become a pop star aged 16, practicing made-up songs with her friends at the local seaside.